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to Estelle Spero

Diamond reassures Estelle that the nurse featured in one of the photographs that he had sent home is engaged.

GLC09120.329

to Estelle Spero

Diamond instructs Estelle to be good, happy and to keep her level head.

GLC09120.333

to Estelle Spero

Diamond apologizes for having neglected Estelle on St. Valentines day.

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to Estelle Spero

Diamond writes that he imagines embracing Estelle.

GLC09120.355

to Estelle Spero

Diamond describes writing to the wife of one of his men about his death, an experience that made him realize the "ridiculous emptiness of words".

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to Estelle Spero

Diamond tells Estelle that her "guy is getting along satisfactorily - nothing to write about of any consequence

GLC09120.364

to Estelle Spero

Diamond informs Estelle that his vocabulary is too limited to express how grateful he is for everything that she has done for him.

GLC09120.365

to Estelle Spero

Diamond informs Estelle that she has become an integral part of his daily routine.

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to Estelle Spero

Diamond implies that since it was a leap year, Estelle should have proposed to him.

GLC09120.369

to Estelle Spero

Diamond describes bumping into a girl from Coney Island.

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to Estelle Spero

Diamond writes that the oriental inscription on the ring that Estelle bought for him causes him embarrassment, as people assume that he "Got that off a Jap".

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to Estelle Spero

Diamond writes that he is using the lantern that Estelle sent him for the first time, and consoles her for the confusion that she is experiencing concerning her job.

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to Estelle Spero

Diamond writes on his birthday that he feels "one hundred years older." He recommends that she reads "The Robe" by Lloyd C. Douglas.

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to Estelle Spero

Diamond describes the contents of a package that his parents have sent him. He recalls the day that he proposed to Estelle, and comments that nearly a year has passed since that date, May 18th. He then discusses how important Estelle is to him in...

GLC09120.394

[visiting card of Rev. K. Mrs. Walter Roy Tourtellot]

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[photograph of Sanondess A. Jenks under a tree on the Tobey farm]

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[ambrotype of a young woman on glass]

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[photograph of a woman]

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[photograph of Sanondess A. Jenks]

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to "my darling Florence"

re: Hartsuff reports on the capture of the last of the "hostiles" and the prospect for their delivery to Pine Ridge the next day. Then he turns to the more important business of warning his daughter against the dangers of flattery and vanity - both...

GLC05201.018

to "my darling Florence"

re: Hartsuff apologizes that he was not able to spend more time with his family during their recent vacation and reflects on the prospect of his family "breaking up" as Florence goes off to boarding school. Writen at Camp Baker.

GLC05201.019

to "my darling wife and baby"

re: Hartsuff reports that the war commenced almost without warning. Four companies of Infantry had already struck their tents and gotten ready to leave and another four were under orders to strike their tents when the fight broke upon them....

GLC05201.020

to "my darling Florence"

re: Hartsuff's advice to his daughter on the subject of her course of study in the next year. He implores her to take a mathematics course, and strongly advises her to take German, literature and physics so she can enter college in the sophomore...

GLC05201.023

to "my darling Florence"

re: Hartsuff asks Florence when her first and second term classes begin and tells her that he will forward her tuition as soon as possible. He claims that he still has no news about when he might be coming home Written at the Pine Ridge Indian...

GLC05201.024

to "my darling Florence"

re: wrote too fast, hope she understands, concentrate on lessons, advice on math classes, describes large gathering of Indians, wishes she could see. Written at the Pine Ridge Indian Agency

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